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Last updated on March 25, 2008

The mission of Silver Hill Hospital is to provide our patients with the best available treatment of mental illness and addiction; and to offer continuing support, counseling and education to our patients and their families in every phase of illness and recovery.

Description:
Silver Hill Hospital is a not-for-profit, nationally recognized, independent psychiatric hospital offering diagnosis and treatment for the full range of psychiatric illnesses and substance use disorders.

Because Silver Hill is a hospital and because Silver Hill can provide both inpatient and residential treatment; patients have the advantage of our unusually broad and comprehensive range of programs.

Patients who are acutely ill and who require intensive psychiatric and nursing supervision are treated in one of our adult or adolescent inpatient units. Treatments there tend to be medically oriented and the stay is typically short.

Patients who are ready for more psychological and behavioral interventions can be treated in our residential Transitional Living Programs, where there is more openness and the treatment course is longer.

History:
In 1931, Dr. John Millet founded Silver Hill Hospital in a hillside farmhouse on the slopes of the Silvermine River Valley of New Canaan, CT. From this modest beginning, the hospital has grown to include 14 buildings, spread over 40 acres and has become nationally renowned for its effectiveness in treating mental illnesses and addictions. Despite this growth the original farmhouse, now known as the Patricia Regnemer House, has always been the centerpiece of the Silver Hill Hospital campus. While undergoing major renovations for its reopening in summer 2008, it retains much of the grace and charm it had at the time of Silver Hill Hospital’s founding.

Today, great leaps forward in the understanding of disorders of the brain - mental disorders and addictive disorders - have revolutionized treatments. While the treatment of mental illness has changed in ways unimaginable in 1931, Dr. Millet’s vision remains just as vital and relevant. Patients and their loved ones are treated with dignity and respect. They are active participants in their own treatments and agents of their own recovery. They are afforded both the best standard treatments of the day and the most innovative, new treatments. They should be able to remain at Silver Hill Hospital until they are ready to resume their normal lives. And all of this takes place in a bucolic, calm, and dignified setting that, in itself, fosters the process of recovery.

Contact people:

Lisa Ruggiero, Volunteer Manager, (phone), (email) Heather Porter, Director, Community Outreach, (phone), (email) Laura Mast, Administrative Assistant, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (203) 966-6703

Address:

208 Valley Road New Canaan, CT 06840 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.silverhillhospital.org

Directions:

From I-95 or the Connecticut Turnpike, take exit 15 to Route 7 North. Take exit 2 and turn right onto Route 123 North. Turn right again to follow Route 123 North. Follow approximately 4 miles and turn right onto Route 106 North. Follow approximately 2 miles. At stop sign, turn right onto Valley Road. At second stop sign, continue straight on Valley Road. Silver Hill Hospital is approximately ½ mile down Valley Road. From the Merritt Parkway Southbound, take Exit 38 and turn left onto Route 123 North. Follow approximately 2 miles and turn right onto Route 106 North. Follow approximately 2 miles. At stop sign, turn left onto Valley Road. At second stop sign, continue straight on Valley Road. Silver Hill Hospital is located ½ mile on Valley Road. Admissions is located on the East Campus. From the Merritt Parkway Northbound, take Exit 38 and turn right onto Route 123 North. Follow approximately 2 miles and turn right onto Route 106 North. Follow approximately 2 miles. At stop sign, turn left onto Valley Road. At second stop sign, continue straight on Valley Road. Silver Hill Hospital is located ½ mile on Valley Road. Admissions is located on the East Campus. From the Hutchinson River Parkway, follow to the Merritt Parkway and refer to the Merritt Parkway Northbound directions. From Long Island, follow the Whitestone Bridge to the Hutchinson River Parkway to the Merritt Parkway and refer to the Merritt Parkway Northbound directions.

Miscellaneous Information

Does your agency have weekend volunteer opportunities?
	Yes
Does your agency have evening volunteer opportunities?
	Yes
Does your agecny accept court ordered communituy service volunteers?
	No
Does your agency accept and coordinate group projects for corporate volunteers?
	No
Does your agency accept and coordinate group projects for youth volunteers?
	No
Does your agency accept youth volunteers ages 8-13 with adult supervision?
	No
Does your agency accept youth volunteers ages 14-18?
	No

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